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Anti-Corbynites are belittling the Holocaust. This has to stop. NOW.

Nazi soldiers would line Jewish children up along a pit – toddlers some of them – and shoot them in the head one by one. Others would be torn from their mothers’ arms and herded into cattle wagons where they would either die in transit or end up being gassed in the gas chambers of Nazi extermination camps.

Inmates recall regularly hearing cries of “mummy, mummy” as the children were murdered.

These were the ‘lucky’ ones. Older children would often be forced to work in Nazi Labour camps where they would slowly die of disease, or were slowly worked and starved to death.

Approximately 1.5 million children were murdered by the Nazis in this way.

THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE HOLOCAUST. That is the reality of real antisemitism.

This is what my own father – an unpolitical man – wrote on Facebook this year about the murder of his own Jewish grandmother at the hands of the Nazis:

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.I can’t help but get upset and very angry about something that happened so many years ago.My grandmother on my father’s side a frail, old, innocent, lady, who never did anyone any harm was stripped naked herded into a “shower room” in front of young German soldiers, probably laughing, then gassed, and dumped in a pit! I sadly never had the chance to meet her, but I often think of her and wonder how could any other human do that to an old lady.
Very hard to forgive!

This is why I am INCANDESCENT with rage at how anti-Corbynites in the right-wing press, in the Tory Party and on the right of the Labour Party are using this horror for their own political ends and abusing the memory of these victims for the sake of petty party politicking.

Margaret Hodge even compared the plight of Jews fleeing the Nazi horror to her own recent petty party spat.

HOW DARE SHE AND OTHER ANTI-CORBYNITES BELITTLE THE HOLOCAUST JUST BECAUSE THEIR PARTY CHOSE A PARTY LEADER THEY DON’T LIKE.

This disgusting abuse of the tragedy of so many millions has to stop. NOW.

Tom, I don’t always agree with your stances, but in this case, THANK you for ‘speaking’ out against this cynical planned campaign against the Left and the ordinary ppl of UK.
Has any, or is any, research being undertaken into the role of the fairly recently appointed Israel Ambassador to Britain “His Excellency Mark Regev מארק רגב” (WikiP)’
For those who may not know of this person, this may act as an introduction.

Well said. The increasingly desperate attempts to smear Corbyn are trampling on the experiences of those who have suffered. The rage against the horror of nazism should never be diluted by attempts to spread it around for political purposes.

Well said Friend.
You speak my mind.
I’m a Jewish Labour Party member.
The political weaponising of antisemitism completely exposes the shallow and cynical abuse of the suffering of others to further their political aims.
Like many British Jews, my family suffered personal losses in the Holocaust. The wounds run deep and down the generations.
It’s been a motivation for me to work against racism and for equality all my life. I know that however difficult some of my life experiences have been, nothing compares to the mass persecution and destruction of millions.
I’m hard-pressed to find any genuine antiracist among those lining up against Corbyn. The one common thread is their serious efforts to sabotage the democratic process and destabilise our democracy in order to prevent the election of a Labour government.

Tom, I am completely against any right-wing attempt to subvert what passes for democracy these days, and I have no doubt that there are many people in the Labour party who do not like the idea of a left-wing leader. However (you knew that was coming), like it or not Mr Corbyn has not done himself any favours over the past few years (even before he was leader). Certainly there are a myriad of people who should be ashamed of themselves and their selfish attitude. Mr Corbyn should also be looking at what he has done and not only be doing something to redress the balance, but – in this day and age – he should be SEEN to be doing something.

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Hodge is an absolute disgrace to compare getting a warning letter admonishing her for attack on JC to the palpable terror of fleeing for your life from Nazi’s in Germany.
She needs the whip removed immediately for again bringing our Party into disrepute.

Corbyn is the most effective weapon the Tories have in their armoury. I doubt if he’s an anti-semite in the true sense of the term, but what he is, is unelectable. The people of Britain don’t like extremists of any political hue and this disingenuous fool and his chomping cohorts certainly fit into that category. I speak as a lifelong Labour supporter (no longer, sadly) and a trades unionist.

This whole row could have been settled favourably a long time ago if Corbyn hadn’t been so evasive and indecisive. If he can’t resolve this crisis with our community how on earth will he ever cope with being in power.

The bulk of the Corbynite “left” (as it describes itself) allows self determination for all minorities except it would seem Jews. I turned my back on you milieu many years ago after an activist in the PSC at my then unions conference (PCS) that he believed in free movement for everyone except Jews. An attitude that has got worse over the years.

I do not trust Corbyn or so many his “activist” followers and I am personally on the very fringes of the Jewish community, but will stand in stand in solidarity with my fellow Jews on this issue.

I do not believe that any state should be connected to a particular religion. And for this, I could be accused of anti-semitism? Thank you for expressing the matter plainly. What I do not understand is that Jewish people are using the holocaust to accuse other Jewish people of anti-semitism.

There are certain elements in the L P, and particularly in the PLP who will never be satisfied with whatever Cmrd Corbyn says or does until he knees before them and – as the “Americans say” cries UNCLE.
Then we will see wholesale expulsions of anyone left of the fatuous careerist Christopher Leslie, a grandson of Thatcher via warcrim Blair.
In a time when the struggle for Democratic Socialism is within our grasp, a caucus of Right wingers, masquerading as Social Democrats, is intimately involved in every attempt to hand power to the neo-liberal, so-called – Tory party rather than see a Labour victory under a democratic Socialist banner and leadership.
Once these people would be correctly called “Class Traitors”
The state of the British State is now so dire that they can be classed as “Traitors” of all but the few who run UK as THEIR personal property.

‘ All’s fair in love , war and politics ‘ The greatest fear in government is losing the reins of power and the greatest hope in opposition is gaining those reins. There are old fashioned men and women who believe that debate can resolve all problems , just as there are footballers who believe good football is all that is required to win. Human nature is not totally honest and above board and will use all sorts of trickery to achieve the desired outcome. Sometimes the individual reasoning takes the following path: once I achieve my position of power I will become honest since I’m convinced I’m the best man for the job.